Southeastern North Carolina Food Systems Program (SENCFS)

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Southeastern North Carolina Food Systems Program (SENCFS)

Core 8-county region Partner with BRAC-RTF total = 22 counties Focus on Limited Resource Farmers

Public/Private collaborative Over 70 individuals and organizational affiliate members Organized to address job loss, sustainable development and local, state and federal policy advocacy

Trip to Washington, DC 2004

Testimony to Congressional Rural Caucus

COMMUNITY RESPONSE TO JOB LOSS Estimated a 4.5 billion impact on 6 county region due to NAFTA related job loss Wanted to do something about it

- Growth sectors of health and education; - Challenged sectors of agriculture/forestry and manufacturing; - Emerging sectors of entrepreneurship/small business and recreation/tourism Social and Economic Reconstruction SIX sector development in the region

Southeastern North Carolina Food Systems Program GOALS: Keep a greater percentage of the food dollar within Southeastern NC Increase local and regional wealth through the multiplier effect of expanded markets, sales, and profits. Focus on Limited Resource Farmers

K ey elements of the Agri-food System

Through Which Lens Do You View Your Community? Lens of : Needs A Community Requiring Relief and Assistance Problems and Issues A Community Requiring Organization, Action, and Change Assets A Community with Resources that can be Preserved, Protected, and Developed

Using Community Food Assessments to Build Community Capacity

Building Community Capacity

How to Begin… Identify Research Partners 1. UNCW Public Sociology Program 2. UNC Dept of City and Regional Planning 1.BRAC-RTF – Farmland Preservation and Trust 2.North Carolina State University

Community Food Assessments 1.Institutional Buyers: potential demand and opportunities 1.Limited Resource Farmers identification, needs, challenges and interests 1.Direct Market opportunities 1.Farm-to-School: opportunities and challenges 5. Organic Production: current and emerging

Farmer Survey

Institutional Buying Surveys Hospitals Prisons Schools – Universities- Colleges Restaurants

Resources Community Food Security Assessment Toolkit – Economic Research Service – USDA What’s Cooking in Your Food System? A Guide to Community Food Assessment, Community Food Security Coalition Lexington Community Food Assessment BRAC-RTF Farmland Preservation and Trust – Grace Lawrence SENCFS research is posted on our website gwww.feastsoutheastnc.or g

What we do with the data once we have it? Use data to leverage grants Informs Programmatic Planning Structures Committee work

C0-CHAIRS FOR SENCFS COMMITTEES: FARMERS’ MARKETS: MARGARET SHELTON, WANDA COSTON & CHRISTIN DEENER FARMER SUPPORT: JOYCE BOWMAN & FRANKIE PRIDGEN MARKETING/BUY LOCAL AND RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT: KIM ADAMS, KATHRYN MACIVOR- ANDERSEN, JESSICA BURTT & RAVEN BRUNO BRAC-RTF COMMITTEE: KATHI BERATAN & DON BELK YOUTH COMMITTEE: MICHAEL HAZLETT & LAUREN HAZLETT COMMUNITY GARDENS: KIM LANCASTER & TOM TEWEY EXTENSION COMMITTEE: DALTON DOCKERY & CHARLOTTE GLEN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT: LINDA GLASS QUINONEZ & DOTHULA BARON-HALL INSTITUTIONAL BUYING: JANE STEIGERWALD PROCESSING AND DISTRIBUTION: MOLLY ROUSY & JIM HIGH EAT HEALTHY - EAT LOCAL COMMITTEE: SUSAN HOLMAN & BUDDY MILLIKEN

Building Community Capacity

Contact Information Leslie Hossfeld, PhD Director Public Sociology Program University North Carolina Wilmington